NHS Dental Emergency

All of our NHS registered patients are able to access emergency care
within 1 working day of calling the practice. We advise patients to call us as early in the day as possible to facilitate arranging a suitable appointment on the same day.Urgent treatment means treatments that are provided to a person in circumstances where:

a prompt course of
treatment is provided because, in the opinion of the Dentist, that person’s oral health is likely to deteriorate significantly, or the person is in severe pain by reason of his oral condition,
and

treatment is provided only
to the extent that is necessary to prevent that significant deterioration or address that severe pain.

In most cases, this will mean
extraction, a temporary filling, or other relevant measure to get you out of immediate pain.

A broken filling where there
is no specific pain or immediate detriment to your health will be accommodated by us as soon as possible, and is likely to incur a band two charge as it may not fall under the remit of urgent
treatment as defined by NHS regulations.

Out-of-hours dental care

If you have a problem outside normal practice hours or you're in
pain, you can first try helping yourself by taking painkillers. If you feel the problem can wait until normal practice hours, you can call NHS 111 for self care advice.

Emergency dental care

Go to A&E if you:

are in severe pain that is not helped by
painkillers

are bleeding a lot and it won't stop

trauma of the face, mouth or teeth after a recent accident or
injury

NHS out-of-hours or emergency dental
care

Emergency and out-of-hours NHS dental care will cost you £21.60.
After this you may have to make another appointment for separate non-urgent treatment, where you will have to pay a second charge in the relevant treatment band.